Originally Posted by
Wartman
I suppose the question is is there anybody currently that has come through the academy going to be worth a few quid, and I think the honest answer is no, therefore you should surely be asking yourselves how much longer this can go on, I know that the people who support the academy point to the fact that it has more than paid its way in the past, but that is where it is in the past. I don’t think Crewe are getting the boys at the academy with the natural talent as they did in the past and I think this is starting to show, the current crop are not good enough to shine in what is a truly woeful first team squad, they are playing poorly and are in and out of the squad any scouts that are at games are surely going away with the comments along the same line. So what is the purpose of the academy now ? surely a basic academy should be the plan one we can afford with the clubs budget that still will produce 1 or 2 players to supplement the first team.
I am trying to understand what the supporters of the current academy model see what they see different to me, what am I missing ? Surely as fans we can’t be happy with what we are currently being given and happy to except it, the Hassall issue aside with him out of the way that will still not change the failing academy model.
The whole club is slipping back to the dark days where re-election was the clubs motto but ony this time re-election does not exist and neither will this club if they carry on.